Disclaimer
I do not own FF7. Square does. *sniff*… But I own this fanfiction!! So here are the usual warnings: yaoi and violence. We are now up to the point when Cloud tells everyone he's pregnant. Ready for a long explanation, lemon yaoi and some blood? Then sit down and enjoy!
Htress
htress@jenovaproject.com
Showdown
- WHAT?!? Barret shouted in shock.
Apparently everyone else was too in a awe to say anything, although Cid and Vincent were aware of Cloud's condition. The dark man was dumbstruck, but not as Cloud himself was, sagging in Sephiroth's lap. Elena gestured to Barret to calm down, she had noticed that the blond was trembling.
- Ya know… Pregnant, he's gonna have a little baby. A B-A-B-Y. A thing that looks like you but about one foot high…, Cid answered, And calm down. Stress isn't good for him.
- It's wonderful! Cloud! Congrats! Tifa beamed as she hugged him
Then Nanaki stepped outside and howled, a joyful sound often heard in Cosmo Canyon, announcing an upcoming birth. The girls gathered around Cloud to congratulate him.
- You're so lucky! Yuffie chirped, In Wutai, a baby is considered as a gift to those who proved themselves rightful and brave to the gods. It's a gift that you must cherish, not fear, because it will only bring you happiness.
- See what I told you? You should have stop worrying about it…, Sephiroth whispered.
- It's way too cold for you in there… Now is not the time to catch a cold., Elena scolded, And you must be tired, too…
Cloud nodded and he walked to the bedroom with the girls fussing around him wildly. Yuffie dragged Barret back to the Highwind to retrieve some more blankets. Sephiroth smiled and walked up to Tseng and the Turks who were talking with Reeve via Cait Sith. Cid and Vincent sat down near the fire, the pilot worn out by the day, and soon he was snoring on Vincent's shoulder. The vampire passed a hand through his mate's hair, noticing the warmth that irradiated from him and pulled him closer, ignoring the muffled giggles coming from Reno.
- Night Vision! Come in!, Tifa called when Yuffie and Barret came back.
A little red cub appeared in the doorway, playfully shaking the snow off it's unruly fur. Tifa took it in her arms and brought it near Tseng.
- When he learn about your blindness, Rufus thought he should offer you this. It's the same hybrid than Dark Nation. Very intelligent and protective. As soon as he will be old enough, Rufus will take it to a trainer so he could learn how to guide you. But for now, you two must get acquainted! Her name is Night Vision.
- Oh, thank you so much…
Tseng took the small animal in his arms, scratching it's ears. The little red furball cooed and licked Tseng's face before settling himself on his lap to sleep. Yuffie and Elena got out of the bedroom, Vincent left Cid curled in front of the fire to attend the small briefing. Cloud, Cid and Tseng were forced to stay at the cabin with Night Vision and Cait Sith. The plan was simple: they had to climb the crater, enter the main gallery and before reaching the small cave where the rests of JENOVA were supposed to be, separate in three group to circle the area. No way they could afford to be surprised. They prepared items and supplies, packed up warm clothes and sleeping bags. The blizzard still blowing outside, everyone retired for the night.
*******
Two glowing sapphires were staring into deep emeralds.
- Sephiroth… Are you happy?
- Of course, I'm happy… Cloud… Why are you so afraid? I told you million times… this is wonderful…
Two strong arms slid around Sephiroth's waist, painfully holding him in place… A sudden wetness on his shirt alerted him and he quickly kissed the tears away.
- Shhh… Don't cry… I'll come back… Cloud… Shh…
But Cloud was too afraid and he sobbed, silently, in Sephiroth's arms, until he fell asleep again.
*******
The snow was now falling gently outside. It's time…Vincent thought. He didn't really sleep last night, waking up regularly to check on Cid's temperature. And as usual, he had overreacted. Just a little. It was merely higher than usual, Cid would probably sleep it off during the day and wake up with all his strength returned. The vampire bent down to kiss him gently on an unshaven cheek and Cid mumbled something like ' Not now, I wanna sleep'. Vincent chuckled, reminding what they usually do on mornings…
He woke up everybody, starting with Sephiroth, leaving Cloud and Tseng to their quiet nap and activated Cait Sith. Night Vision was spooned close to the Wutaian, occasionally twitching, her tentacle tangled around a black lock of hair. Cloud had sank under his covers, sighting contentedly in his sleep, like a little cherub. It took about half an hour, and everybody was ready to go and kick Hojo's ass.
Climbing the glacier was really dangerous, especially when the monsters that were around proved themselves rather hard to deal with. They travelled through the snowed fields and caves two days before reaching their goal. The crater itself hadn't changed, and by the time they arrived, they had to stop for the night. The day had been long and tiring, they couldn't take the risk of being surprised by Hojo's monsters, so Vincent and it's fire materia managed to dig out the ice wall outside the gallery's entrance so they could use it as a shelter. The wind was blowing again, announcing another storm. Being nine in a ice cavern, it didn't take long before the temperature become bearable. Sephiroth unwrapped his woollen green scarf, Vincent left his heavy red cloak… Mittens, scarves and coats were soon making a pile in the centre of the room. An awkward silence fell on the group until Yuffie opened his big mouth.
- Say, Seph, how are you going to name him?
*******
Tseng was absently petting Night Vision's tentacle, listening to the ragged sound of Cloud's breathing. The poor young man was having lots of trouble with his morning sickness. Reeve had searched through every notes of Hojo, and had found very little thing about this specific experiment. Mostly because Hojo's specimen had succumbed during pregnancy due to a Mako overdose.
'The baby is in a sort of bubble… no, no, wait! A semi-permeable bubble!, Cait Stih had said, Hojo noted that… the specimen seems to react as the 'bubble' fixes itself where, in the female anatomy, the womb is situated. The JENOVA cells had somehow enveloped the growing specimen, at the same time producing the initial DNA mixer. The experiment is a success, two males can, with the right cells and a specific amount of them, produce a child. Since Sephiroth's clones are all males, it will be interesting to see if JENOVA herself will now be able to reproduce herself through them at the Reunion… The bloodstream linking is now finished and the bubble can now nourish itself. The specimen is no longer sick and the pain seems to have subsided considerably. The next phase of the experiment is to test if the foetus can be stimulated by Mako…, and then there is nothing but saying that the specimen just mutated and died, the Mako killed the baby I think.'
So while Cid was chasing Cait around to get back his cigarettes, Tseng was left to take care of Cloud. His hands moved from the little cub to Cloud's bare back. The blond protested, but after a while he relaxed and uncurled to lie flat on his stomach, giving space for the Wutaian to ease his tensed muscles.
- You must relax, Cloud… If you don't you might lose the child, especially so early in the pregnancy. The first weeks are very important.
He received only a sleepy mumble before Cid came back. The pilot was wrapped in his coat and shivering. Obviously he had been smoking outside. Since he'd learn, he had done his best not to smoke whenever Cloud was around, and Vincent was proud of him and touched by his concern. Vincent… I hope you're okay…
- Four days… I do hope they find Hojo before it's too late…, Tseng's voice was full of apprehension.
*******
- Ewwwwwww! Yuffie exclaimed
- Not overjoyed to see your old enemy? Hojo cackled
Suddenly from the left the Turks burst into the room, gun raised and ready to fire. A hiss behind the mad scientist startled them and JENOVA appeared, more lively than ever. She lashed her tentacles toward them, knocking off their guns. Hojo too performed a tentacle attack toward Barret, Tifa and Yuffie, inflicting a lot of damage. The battle was fierce, Reno and the Turk trying to hold back JENOVA while Avalanche dealt with an even more powerful Hojo. However, even poisoned, the two groups had cornered them, shooting, fighting and casting spell after spell, but the two wild creatures seemed unaffected. It was becoming dangerous, though, for them to stay, Hojo had to protect JENOVA newly reborn until she could develop her strength again, so he decided to make a dash for the only tunnel open to him. Unfortunately, the Death Penalty and Vincent Valentine forced him to rear back. At the same time Nanaki attacked the alien female with his Limited Moonclip.
Hojo sneered, retaliating with another poisoned tentacle lash, but this time was blocked by the fine edge of the Masamune. Sephiroth stepped out of the shadows, and all of a sudden everything turned calm, if you were putting aside the sound of low hissing coming from the fallen professor.
- How could you… How could you do this to me!, Sephiroth snarled, You're nothing more than a low-grade slime, Hojo…
- My son has returned… Come to me…- And /you/, don't you /dare/ speak to me again! You made my life a living hell, now you're going to pay for it!
Moving faster than a lightning, he bypassed Hojo and plunged the Masamune deep inside JENOVA. Her shriek resonated through the crater, Avalanche and the Turks resumed their attacks, but with the alien's power growing at each minute, her initial gash now merely more than a scratch, it was clear that if they didn't conclude anytime soon, JENOVA and Hojo might get away.
Just then the ground beneath shook and a large crack appeared behind, full of boiling Mako. Sephiroth smirked, a golden light already surrounding him, letting his limit explode. He spread his wings and hovered above Vincent, who quickly changed into Chaos. The silver-haired angel gathered all the energy he could while Chaos distracted Hojo and JENOVA. The Turks and Avalanche also managed to reach them and by the time Sephiroth was done, Chaos was gone and Vincent exhausted. He was holding a small bright ball of energy and just at the sight of it, Hojo knew he wouldn't survive. JENOVA tried to attack, but Reno's electro rod and Yuffie's Conformer blocked the attack. Sephiroth smirked.
- And just one more thing, he said, you're /not/ and never had been my father.
At the revelation Hojo looked straight into Vincent's direction, his face contorting into pure hatred as he lunged forward, but the Holy Aura of Sephiroth threw him backward, burning his skin at a fast rate, the Death Penalty tearing him apart like a rage doll, and JENOVA screamed in agony at the Holy touch. Hojo lifelessly bumped into her and they fell together in the Mako, which had sprung up from the depths of the planet to imprisoned them in a thick Mako cocoon, sealing the crack afterward.
The cave started to crumble, heavy rocks and boulders were falling all around the solid crystal, and they had no choice but left quickly as they could, the Planet refusing to let someone free again the Crisis from the Sky.
When they reached their shelter for the night, Tifa noticed that they were no longer poisoned, and the only thing that was left of their injuries were scars and bruises. Red thought for a moment, sniffed the air and looked around him in a awe.
- The Planet has thanked us…
And a familiar laughter resonated in the air, bringing smiles to everyone…
*******
Tseng sighed contentedly, the worn out body of Reno leaning cosily against him, Night Vision spread over their lap, begging for more caresses. What he did, ruffling the cub's fur playfully and it started to purr, making Reno groan, nuzzling the Wutaian's neck a little more. Cloud was lazily watching over Sephiroth, who, despite all his will, had fallen asleep shortly after the take off, his new limit still draining him. The blond had covered him with blankets while he meditated, repeating the mantras Tseng taught him. The others were gathered in the control room, looking as the Northern Crater was slowly disappearing from the horizon.
Vincent, of all people, was the one who came back shocked the most. He hadn't said a thing and looked confused, distant, and what surprised Cid was the fact that he shut himself into the Chocobo's stables without even inquiring about his flu. The pilot entered the stable to find him brooding with Arche, Sephiroth's chocobo, cooing questioningly. Millo was calm, looking at the pair, warking sometimes to get attention. Cid handed him some greens and he greedily ate them. And then it struck him; usually whenever Vincent was nearing the stables, the Chocobos went frantic, and now he was standing there, and the birds were approaching him.
- &?%?&? what is going on here?, Cid asked, Vinny, you used to scare the s?&* out of them… What have you done…?
- They're gone…
- What?
- They're all gone, Vincent repeated, his voice cracking with emotion, Galian Beast, Death Giga, Hellmasker… Chaos…
It was Chaos and the others that scared the Chocobos… he thought. Arche cooed again gently, nuzzling Vincent with her beak, and Cid realised he was crying. The pilot came closer and pulled the dark-haired man into a tight embrace. Millo warked again, calling Arche who left to crouch near it's mate. Cid knew that Vincent had waited a lifetime to get his freedom… And he was happy, his lover had found peace at last. They cuddled, Vincent resting his head on Cid's shoulder, listening to the sound of his heartbeat, slow, soothing and beating only for him. He turned his head and captured the pilot's lips with his own and in his back he felt something smooth shielding them. Opening his garnet eyes, he gasped when he recognized Chaos Wings.
- Eh… What a sexy farewell gift… Cid purred.
Vincent silenced him with a kiss, his hands working fast to unbuckle the pilot's pants. He pushed him on the hay, sweetly kissing his throat and rubbing his own hardness against Cid's. he knew by the way he whimpered that it wouldn't last long. in fact, himself wasn't going to hold back at all. So without even asking, the two of them were on for a quickie… Vincent turned Cid on his belly, unfastened his own trousers and grabbed a tube of lubricant. He started to prepare his lover, but the pilot wasn't patient at all, and finally Vincent gave in, impaling him in one smooth thrust. They rocked back and forth together only few minutes before the ex-Turk deepened his thrust and climaxed, bringing Cid with him. The two rolled in the hay, grinning and kissing.
******
Cloud tried to roll over, with no avail. He opened lazily his eyes, only to stare into Arche's blue eyes. She stared back, but after few seconds nuzzled his arm again to tuck her head under it. Something pulled at his hair and he immediately recognized Millo. The playful bird was tugging his spikes as if they were feathers, trying to clean them. The Chocobo was crouched near Sephiroth's head, occasionally picking up a silver strand to wash it too. Must be a dream… Cloud mused, and went back to sleep.
******
- Where are those &?%?%?%*&(*&?% birds!!!
Cid and Vincent had searched through the entire ship to find the Chocobos, but they couldn't find them. Surely their little love making had deranged them and they scrambled off somewhere… They hadn't found them, so the only option left was to go wake up Sephiroth and tell him. As they were approaching Cloud's room, they find everyone massed at the door, trying to muffle their laugher. Vincent peeked in, Cid behind him and the pilot couldn't say anything else than:
- Ah… ?%?%?&?%$&*… This is too cute…
He got out a camera and took a picture while everyone laughed aloud.
End
Author's note
Cute chocobos… Sorry, I couldn't resist. Now, now… it isn't finished, yet! I know it's kinda late for that, but the next chapter will be the Holidays. When will Cloud have his baby? Hehehe, I won't tell… not yet. Vincent is now free of those multiple monsters, and I decided to let him Chaos Wings, they're too cool to be taken off! Now stay tuned for the next chapter: Holidays in Midgar.